so tonight we took adam to the buddyball xmas party and he got his trophy, which he is sleeping with right now! he got to meet santa clause for the first time in his life, of course dad was in tears, but they were happy tears. he is starting to understand that his son WILL be more then what egg donor said he would be! you should have seen the excitement on adams face when santa and mrs clause came into the room to give out the trophies and gifts! priceless! hubby got to see teenagers with autism for the first time, he was in awe, he could not believe that just a few short yrs ago these teenagers were just like adam is now. i just hope he keeps a positive attitude about it now that he has seen what i have seen.
the director of buddyball had asked me to email her about getting the grant that they give every yr. i told her adams story, from beginning to end, and also told her how much positive change buddyball has had on adam, going from the first day all he did was stim harder then i have ever seen him do, and then at every game he stimmed less and played more until the last game he played the entire time, went from not even having a clue on how to throw or catch or dribble to doing it all now, not great, not even good, but he tries! anyways, she stopped me tonight and told me she cried when she read my email because she had been watching adam make that progress but she did not know his history, all the things he has been through in the past yr and just how far he has come in the past yr, she told me me that she is going to read my email to the Bikers Who Care members that she described as big hairy biker guys, at their christmas party next week and she was certain there would not be a dry eye in the house!
Progressive Directions has adopted Buddyball and are helping to support this activity, PDI is a community thing here that helps with people with special needs. i think i have found our 'home' here for adam to grow and learn, finally! thannk you all so much for helping me not give up on looking for the help we need!